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Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Back in the Saddle again.....

OK, well... lots of time off, but no need to get into the why's....


My biggest project of late has been working on getting together and putting together my stuff for Frostgrave. I have been slowly getting into this game for over a year... I finally decided to bite the bullet and go all in for resources, but not figures. I have that tendency to go crazy buying stuff and then everything sits in a closet forever until the next shiny thing comes along....


Well... I opted to buy the source material and only figures I know I would use... I do not need to own everything....



Originally I picked up one pack... my Enchanter and his apprentice and the Captains blister... I had originally intended on using models I already owned. That didn't last too long. I stepped back and tried to minimize my purchases to figures I really liked and wanted for my war band. I made a few more purchases and added in a few older figures and even a newer Reaper Bones figure to be used as a thief.


I picked up pretty much all of the source material and as expected, it was all a very good read. I selectively gathered more miniatures...


I eventually settled on how I would build my war band. I did make, in my opinion, one "not-needed" purchase and that was for the undead box.... I saw them in person and really liked them... also, they could be used for the Lich Lord campaign. I did pick up the Frostgrave Soldiers box set as I needed some basic models to be thugs and lower war band members... I have to be very honest.. I think the plastic box set can be used to make all of the henchmen types listed in the original rules.



My purchase of the lead figures was only because I liked them and wanted to paint them. I did this before I actually had a chance to dive into the plastic kit. In the end, I knew I would have a lot of extra figures to potentially make more war bands... I opted to build them and give them as a "pre-constructed" war band to one of my friends and also offered other figures to other friends.. all of which I will be building and painting for them. I have no intentions on collecting a huge mass of  figures for this game.


As I have mentioned, I have been fairly busy... life does that. My pictures above are not in the correct order either.... but this one says it all....






These will be the first ones I get done.... My Enchanter and his apprentice, my large construct (I did buy the others just to have.. in case), a Templar and Captain (not a Frostgrave figure), The Reaper Bones Thief and the Frostgrave Thief (I will decide which I like better when they are painted) and the Frostgrave Assassin.... I plan to get her sooner or later. The rest of the war band will be filled out when I create them with the Frostgrave Soldiers box set.... I will post when I get them all together to paint.


I will also be working on a second war band for a friend....  The Elementalist and apprentice II and the Brigade Games all women war band for my daughter at the same time....


I will post more when I get this rolling. With a week left before HMGS Fall IN! 2017.. I will be fairly busy, but you can bet I will be taking this stuff with me to work on when and if I get down time at the show!!!!





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